BEER52 LIMITED
📈Growthactive
SC449930 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-14
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 6.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.0y
95/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £4,175,587
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £4.18M | £3.02M |
| Average employees | 84 | 8000 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 2 capital
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-22📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-12-22📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-12-22📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2025-12-05📄legacymiscellaneous · ANNOTATION
- 2025-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2022-12-16📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-12-14📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-12-14📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-12-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-12-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-11-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-11-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-09-08➕GAMMIE, David appointeddirector
- 2022-09-01➖BROWN, James Ronald resigneddirector
- 2022-09-01➖BROWN, Robert resigneddirector
- 2021-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-03➕MARTIN, Thomas Nicholas appointeddirector
- 2021-03-24➕TAYLOR, James Alexander appointeddirector
- 2021-03-24➕BROWN, Robert appointeddirector
- 2020-11-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-05-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2014-04-04➕DOHERTY, Fraser appointeddirector
- 2013-09-10➖BROWN, James resignedsecretary
- 2013-05-14🏢Company incorporatedAs BEER52 LIMITED
- 2013-05-14➕BROWN, James appointedsecretary
- 2013-05-14➕BROWN, James Ronald appointeddirector
Owner dependency
55/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
63/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Fraser Doherty Individual · British · DOB 12/1988 · age 38 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 17/11/2016 |
Mr James Brown Individual · British · DOB 11/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 17/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BON-ACCORD ENGINEERING SUPPLIES (CASPIAN) LIMITED→ SC192592 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 27y | — | — |
| BREWBOX EDINBURGH LTD→ SC721723 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| CARGOWALA LTD→ SC782788 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CONTENT INTERIORS LTD→ SC882499 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| COSMETIC TEETH WHITENING PRODUCTS LIMITED→ SC473477 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| CRAFT BUTCHERS LTD→ SC878464 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CREP EXCLUSIVE LTD→ SC686959 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| CRYSTAL SKY TRADING LTD→ SC444208 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| DAFIONS ENTERPRISE LTD→ SC678622 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| DAMARDECO LIMITED→ SC819419 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| DART TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ SC773731 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| DAVAAR WHISKY LTD→ SC756476 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-05-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342
Registered office
8 Melville Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 7JA
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last: 2025-11-19
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
DOHERTY, Fraser→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2014-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GAMMIE, David→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2022-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MARTIN, Thomas Nicholas→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2021-06-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TAYLOR, James Alexander→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2021-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROWN, James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2013-05-14 · resigned 2013-09-10
BROWN, James Ronald→
Resigneddirector · ~37y · appointed 2013-05-14 · resigned 2022-09-01
BROWN, Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2021-03-24 · resigned 2022-09-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 11/05/2020 | 10/11/2020 |
Recent filings (78 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-12-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-22
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-12-22
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2022-12-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-12-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-12-14
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-12-14